WHAT DO

SOCIOLINGUISTICS
STUDY?
Presented by Group One
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Wangun
Balqis Sephia Adistia G. Tantri Yuneri
(1908103100) (1908103217) (1908103076)
 WHAT IS SOCIOLINGUISTICS?
The word sociolinguistics is derived from two words “Socio” and “Linguistics”.
Socio means sociology which refers to the science of society while linguistics refers
to knowledge or science of language.

Sociolinguists study the connection between language and society and the way
people use language in different social situations.
WHY DO WE SAY THE SAME THING IN
DEFFERENT WAYS?
Each person will interpret things according to their own state of consciousness and
their own unique way of viewing the world. We each have a unique take on things,
based on our beliefs, attitudes, emotions, psychological makeup, desires, thoughts,
and intentions. There are various peoples exist in the globe enables employing
linguistic variances.
 Maryono (2002: 18) divides the forms of language variations

1. Dialects 3. Various Language

2. Speech levels 4. Registers

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE
SAY SOMETHING?
A language has systems and subsystems understood the same by speakers of that
language. However, because of native speakers the language even if it is in the
spoken community and it is not is a collection of homogenous individuals, then the
form of language the concrete, which is termed parole, becomes non-uniform. That
language must be wide and varied. The presence of diversity or the variety of
languages is not only created by the homogenous speakers but also because of
activities, the social contacts they perform are quite various.
SOCIAL FACTORS
Social Factor is the way a person speaks to another, but depends on some
social factors. According to Holmes (1992:11), social factors are:
 The participants
 The setting
 The topic
 The function
DIMENTIONS
Coupland (2002:189) defines social dimensions as features which are diagnostic
of social (usually status-related) differentiation in communities. Social dimension
is divided into four:
• Social distance
• Status
• Formality
• Functional (referential and affective)
EXPLANATIONS
Sociolinguists aim to describe sociolinguistic variation and, if possible, explain
why it happens. The two steps which need to be taken are:
a) To identify clearly the linguistic variation involved (e.g. vocabulary, sounds,
grammatical constructions, styles, dialects, languages).
b) To identify clearly the different social or non-linguistic factors which lead
speakers to use one form rather than another (e.g. features relating to
participants, setting or function of the interaction).
CONCLUSION
Sociolinguistics studies the relationship between language and society.
Sociolinguistics studies linguistic problems in relation to social problems that arise
in people's lives, examines patterns of language activity in each social group and
individual, and looks at the relationships of speakers and listeners. Sociolinguistic
studies are viewed as a means of interaction or communication in society.
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